TIMERMAN EXPELLED - 1979/09/26

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06626801
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: September 26, 1979

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1. (U) Jacobo Timerman was expelled from Argentina
the evening of September 25 by the military junta-
in accordance with a decree which also stripped him of
his Argentine nationality., He departed at 1915 hours--
on Aerolineas Argentinas flight 116 to Rome with a
travel document bearing an Israeli visa. Timerman-,
was driven to the downtown Buenos Aires airport�,
Aeroparque, and was then transferred to XXXXX international
airport Ezeiza by helicopter, with an additional_
escort helicopter which landed beside the Aerolineas-
747 which Timerman immediately boarded. He was reportedly
accompanied to the plane by the Israeli Charge._
Wire services reported that Timerman telephoned his wife
in New York during the flight's stopover in Rio de
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Janiero and that she would be joining him shortly
in Israel.
2. (C) During his interview with Ambassador Castro--
which was almost simultaneous with Timerman's boarding�
aircraft--General Viola stressedthat the expulsion
decision had created bitter divisions within the,
military and had "caused deep wounds which would take- s
a long time to heal." Viola showed strain and anxiety
from the tense discussions preceding the junta decidon
and complained that the timing of the court's decision!--.
could hardly have been worse. He implied that the hard.,
liners had resisted the decision bitterly and that it
would have a political impact in many other areas. He-
said titxtxk they had expected a possible adverse
decision either well before the IAHRC visit or a month
after, but that the decision during the visit togetherr
with the revival of the Campora asylum issue had
seriously overloaded the military's circuits. He
volunteered that the Campora decision would be even morer:
difficult and he did not know how that would turn out.
3. (UI GOA certainly complied with its promise to
provide Timerman best protection, His manner of travel
to the airport is usually reserved for visiting chiefs
of state. The Supreme Court published its decision in
the Timerman case on September 25. Decision will be
separate
subject of/Katang report. Details of other17F
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